Glasgow Women's Library
@womenslibrary
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The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
23 Landressy Street, Glasgow
Joined July 2008
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🗓 October at
@womenslibrary
Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan
Until 25th January
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We recognise that Covid-19 is still with us. We therefore want to ensure that immunocompromised people feel that they can visit
@womenslibrary
at least during selected days & hours.
In response to feedback, we will now invite visitors to GWL to wear ...
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Today we say Knope to Valentine’s Day and yes to Galentine’s Day because we have to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles and work. Or waffles, friends, work. But work has to come third.
#GalentinesDay
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... masks & to observe social distancing on Friday afternoons between 1pm & 4.30pm. During this time, you can expect that staff & volunteers will also wear masks when moving around the building, unless they are exempt. If you do not have a mask on arrival we will offer you one.
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We're delighted to announce that we've been chosen as an
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2018 Finalist!
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Today is our 28th birthday 🥰🎉
From a tiny shop front in Garnethill to our Carnegie Library building in Bridgeton, we've done quite a lot in 10,220 days! Here's to the future; we've got so much more we want to do 💪
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Today is our 27th birthday! From a tiny shop front in Garnethill to the UK's only Accredited Museum dedicated to women's history. 🎉
We'll be celebrating at our Margaret Tait Herland tonight:
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If you have materials - for example badges, t-shirts, posters, placards - that document the campaign to
#RepealThe8th
, please consider donating to us so that we can record & preserve this important moment in history.
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“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin. Acclaimed author, feminist & literary inspiration
#RIP
📷 from
@LettersOfNote
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Hello, we're a Women’s Library, Museum and Archive. You may know us from our greatest hits, including: "no, we’re not sexist", "yes, everyone is welcome" and of course our number one hit, "we celebrate the lives, histories and achievements of women”.
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All across the country there are magical buildings with shelves lined with uplifting, enchanting, amazing books. You can borrow these books for free, all you need is a library card.
#BookLoversDay
#LoveLibraries
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We're delighted to announce that we have been awarded Regular Funding for the next three years from
@CreativeScots
. These vital funds will support our life changing work. Thank you to CS and to all our supporters. Let’s go take on 2018!
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We're beginning to think our next piece of GWL merch should be a big spider brooch 🤔
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Today is
#InternationalMensDay
. Together let's challenge harmful gender stereotypes and recognise that equality is for everyone. Feminism benefits all.
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We know the name ‘Glasgow Women’s Library’ is a bit of a misnomer.
But ‘Based In Glasgow But Works Across Scotland Is Open To All But Specialises In Women’s History And Is A Museum And Archive As Well As A Library’ just isn’t as catchy.
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Huge congratulations to
@Tate_StIves
, deserving winners of
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2018! Thank you to everyone who supported us for the last couple of months. We’re so honoured to have been shortlisted and blown away by your support 💛
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We're thrilled to have secured the Maud Joachim hunger strike medal at auction. This was made possible by a grant from the Scottish Government’s National Fund for Acquisitions & an incredible £28,000 raised in individual donations from around 500 people. Thank you to everyone!
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We may not have won
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2018 and the £100,000 that comes with it but we’re awfully close to 20,000 followers and wouldn’t it be nice if we reached that today? If you like what we’re doing, help us connect to more likeminded people 💪
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A reminder that between 1& 4.30pm on Fridays we ask that you wear a mask & observe social distancing whilst visiting us (unless exempt). This is to ensure that immunocompromised people feel safe & welcome
@womenslibrary
. If you don't have a mask on arrival we will offer you one.
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We want a thread of lovely book recommendations, so...
What's the best book you've read this year so far?
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It costs around £300 per day to have the building open - that's not including staff costs - and so things like this can have a big impact.
If you'd like to make a donation - big or small - to help us with our running costs, you can do so here:
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It's our Birthday! 🎂🥳🎉
#OTD
in 1991 on Hill Street, Garnethill
@womenslibrary
opened her doors for the first time. Three decades & several premises later, we're now settled in our beautiful permanent home in Bridgeton. Share your memories with us using the hashing
#GWLat30
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Meet Bertha, the newest member of the GWL team! Bertha will be working with us to filter, purify and clean our air - making our space safer for everyone.
Huge thank you to
@SmartairUk
for this kind donation.
#SmartAirUK
#Hepa
#CleanAir
#SmartAirFilter
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"We want to subtitle our social media content but it's too time consuming and we can't afford to do it."
Does that sound familiar?
Well we're here to bust those myths wide open! Let's embark on a learning journey together in this subtitling thread...
👇
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We've just had the most exciting huge generous donation of books - mostly academic gender studies texts - but sadly our shelves can't hold them all, so we're opening up these boxes to you to take home! Of interest to all gender studies researchers - please pop by & have a browse!
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IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT LIBRARIES?
LOL - Library, Oh, Library
AF - All Free
ROFL - Really Optimal For Learning
BRB - Brilliant Reading Bases
IDK - Inside, Dewey's King*
BTW - Books This Way
IMHO - Information Management's Hot, OK
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If you pick up a paper, switch on the news or scroll through your feed and feel bleak: remember that you are not alone. We're open Monday to Saturday for soul nourishing visits. Come say hello - we've got the kettle on ☕️
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Once upon a time, not very long ago, a feminist organisation opened its doors for the first time in a tiny shop front in Garnethill, Glasgow.
#NationalStorytellingWeek
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A very happy
#GalentinesDay
to all our wonderful followers! Women raise each other up and today is a special celebration of friendship... and Leslie Knope ❤️
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Libraries provide education, escapism, adventure, and a safe space to stay warm. All for free.
Support your local libraries: they are special places and should be fiercely protected.
#LibrariesWeek
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It's our birthday!!🎉
#OTD
in 1991
@womenslibrary
was born! The offspring of Women in Profile, a broad based arts org that aimed to forefront women's contribution to Glasgow's history, life & culture...
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We quietly snuck over the 25,000 follower mark sometime in the wee hours.
Does this call for a big cake? This tweeter thinks it does... 😄🍰
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A cat who sunk his claws into the face of a man who attempted to assault his owner.
How could we not reshare this story of Max the Brave on
#InternationalCatDay
?
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( • . •) No problem!
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📚 we’re a library
📚📚 we don’t do fines
📚📚📚 fill your boots
📚📚📚📚with books!
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On 19th October 2023, exactly 114 years after disrupting Churchill’s meeting in Dundee, we pay tribute to Maud, and to all other courageous suffrage activists that endured violence, abuse, humiliation, intimidation and imprisonment so that women could vote. Thank you.
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Hi, I’m
@LouBell
, one of GWL’s Women’s History tour guides. We can’t take you on any walks at the moment, so I’ve created a virtual Glasgow Necropolis tour for you!
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A reminder that on Fridays, we kindly request that you wear a mask. Bertha will be doing her bit to add a layer of protection against Covid19 (and other pathogens lingering in the air). Thank you
@SmartairUk
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When the world around you seems confusing or maddening or bleak, remember that books can offer you the perfect escape.
Behind every cover is a gateway to thousands of different adventures, stories and new learning journeys. 📚✨
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OK Twitter. We'll get real.
Very many of you actually went to a library in the last year.
You borrowed books, you learned, you met friends, you made connections, you stayed warm and you stayed safe.
And you did all this for free.
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Hi, I'm
@AnabelMarsh
, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual Garnethill tour for you. We begin on Sauchiehall Street at the corner with Rose Street. Look at the white building behind my head. 1/19
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After withdrawing our involvement in the Audacious Women Festival last week, we feel it is necessary for us to provide a fuller explanation in order to provide transparency around what led us to this difficult decision. Read this statement on our website:
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Hi, I'm
@AnabelMarsh
, one of GWL's Women's History tour guides. We can't take you on any walks at the moment, so I've created a virtual one combining my favourite stops from our West End Walk and Suffragette City West Trail. Let’s begin at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery 1/16
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27 years ago, GWL was 6 months old. A grassroots, volunteer led, unfunded feminist organisation.
This week we're welcoming Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, visiting from
@NationalGallery
.
#MondayMotivation
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We don't much like
#BlueMonday
.
Instead, we think this should be
#MulticolouredMonday
: a day to celebrate the positive, shiny, happy things.
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BE INCLUSIVE
BE INTERSECTIONAL
BE THE CHANGE
#LoveTrumpsHate
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“We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.” - Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul. 💔
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We're Glasgow
@womenslibrary
.
We are a Library (and a museum and archive) but we're open to everyone. Our focus is celebrating the lives, histories and achievements of women.
If your response is to ask 'where's the men's library?' then please accept this hard stare: 😐
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It's raining again 🌧️
Do you know where it never rains?
Inside your local library*!
#LoveYourLibrary
📚
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Have you ever wanted to know what the Library looks like when it's sleeping?
Here you go.
#LibrariesAtNight
*
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Glasgow Women's Library was founded by volunteers with a shared passion for celebrating women's historical, cultural & political achievements.
27 years later we're the UK's only Accredited Museum dedicated to women's history.
Follow those good ideas.
#MondayMotivation
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We're only a couple of hundred followers away from 30,000! That's a huge milestone for us. Can you help us get there this weekend? 🙏
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Team GWL has arrived at the
@V_and_A
for tonight’s
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2018 ceremony!
#MyMuseum
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It’s International Day of Women & Girls in Science! We have lots of books for little ones that chart the achievements of
#WomenInScience
and hope to inspire the next generation of scientists 🔭🔬🦠
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Big
#CyberMonday
sale!
All our books are FREE today only*!
Get your exclusive store card** to redeem this special offer.
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It’s International Women’s Day! We’re proud to be an organisation that celebrates and supports women each and every day of the year.
#IWD2019
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Look who just popped in! Our lovely pal
@SusanCalman
who has kindly donated some items from her
@bbcstrictly
adventure to our collection: rehearsal top hat & cane from the brilliant, iconic 'Bring Me Sunshine' Quick Step and the Paso Cape from Blackpool Week
#MuseumOfTheYear
🤩
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"I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
- Pride & Prejudice
The great novelist Jane Austen died OTD 1817.
#JaneAusten200
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Huge thank you to
@SmartairUk
for their kind offer to donate a HEPA air cleaner to GWL, adding a layer of protection against Covid19 (and other pathogens lingering in the air).
@SmartairUk
are a social enterprise committed to making clean indoor air more affordable for all.
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Hello, I’m Adele Patrick. I'm the Creative Development Manager and one of the co-founders of Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). This morning I have been given the reins of GWL’s Twitter account and want to take the opportunity to talk
#FeministLeadership
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'Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.' - Anne Herbert
Libraries are hugely important places. Give your local library some love this
#BookWeekScotland
.
#LoveYourLibrary
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Hi everyone! I'm
@LouBell
, one of the Women's History tour guides at GWL. Sadly, we can't take you on any walks at the moment, so i've created this virtual version of our Women of the Gorbals walk for you all!
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If you're sharing Tweets with images that are 👌💯 but you aren't adding image descriptions, you're hiding half the story from anyone with a visual impairment. Head to your settings, turn image descriptions on, and start making your content accessible.
#Accessibility
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We’re happy to announce that we now have
#280charcters
. Let the lavish sign offs begin.
- Glasgow Women’s Library
Purveyor of Fine Books, Preserver of History, Enjoyer of Cake, Queen of Heritage and the First Women and Protector of Stories 📚🍰
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I have been woman
for a long time
beware my smile
I am treacherous with old magic
From “A Woman Speaks” by Audre Lorde
#NationalPoetryDay
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Are you scrolling through your news feed & checking it twice, trying to find a happy tweet that makes you feel nice?
Here’s one:
Thank you lovely followers. Thank you for all your support in this landmark year. You did a great job. Have a biscuit & pat yourself on the back.
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We're recruiting for an Archive / Heritage Apprentice!
Don't yet have experience in an archive? Don't be put off! We are more interested in your potential and ability to utilise this opportunity, rather than an academic or professional history.
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Glasgow Women's Library stands with, and is a welcoming and supportive space for, Trans people 🏳️⚧️
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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We think Lucy makes an excellent point.
Libraries are free. They're welcoming. They're based on sharing and reusing. If you've nowhere else to go, you'll always be welcomed at your local library. They're incredibly special places.
Support your local library 💛
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Love for a Library
Is a love that's true.
#LoveYourLibrary
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Thank you all for your kind words and for helping to get us so close to 20,000 Twitter followers! Just 379 new followers to go.
If you like women’s history, intersectional feminism, detoxing institutions and lots, lots more then give us a follow 🙌
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It's
#WorldMentalHealthDay
and
#LibrariesWeek
and we think this is quite fitting.
Libraries are free resources, open to all, that give you a space to escape, to think, or just to be. We all need these safe spaces and we all need libraries.
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Just your daily reminder that:
Libraries are hugely important. Many people still use them.
Support your local library. 📚🙌
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We want to include you in unlocking the personal meanings of objects in our collections.
Each day for the next 30 days we will tweet an image of an item from our stores.
We want to know: what memories, emotions or stories do you see in this item?
#DecodingInequality
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Our free books are free to borrow with your free library card.
And, we don’t do library fines.
📚
#LoveYourLibrary
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Close your eyes and imagine a library
[a thread]
👇
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A little Twitter announcement 📣:
We'll no longer be retweeting from organisational accounts if posts contain images with no image descriptions or videos with no subtitles. Because
#AccessibilityMatters
.
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A little
#ThrowbackThursday
to the first ever GWL premises in Garnethill. We opened our doors for the first time on 21st September 1991 and we’ve never looked back. 📚💪
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A good luck message for our friend
@SusanCalman
, dancing for the first time on Strictly Come Dancing tonight!
#TeamCalman
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If each of our followers recommended us to one friend then we would have... 25,550 followers. Can we do this in 1 day? Wouldn't that be magical?
Twitter, do your thing! 🙌💫
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Let's counter this idea that libraries are dusty old places that no one ever visits.
Libraries are some of the most friendly, innovative, inclusive spaces and they're staffed by dedicated, passionate individuals.
Let's bust those myths and loudly
#LoveYourLibrary
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Today is
#WorldKindnessDay
. Libraries are some of the kindest places.
Free books, a warm space, a safe space, a place to escape or learn or just sit and be. Treat yourself to some kindness and visit your local library.
#LoveYourLibrary
📚
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We hope everyone attending
#EdinburghPride
has an amazing time today 🌈 The first large-scale Pride in Scotland took place in Edinburgh in 1995 with an estimated 3000 people marching through the streets. This T-shirt was produced by Pride Scotland for that year’s march.
#GWLat30
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We're back in the Library after a busy weekend and are slowly working our way through emails and messages. We wanted to take a moment to say thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, to everyone who sent donations and support. We appreciate every kind word and every penny.
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#GWLFacts
Elsie Inglis was a Scottish doctor and
#Suffragist
. She offered her services during
#WW1
but was told to "Go home and sit still", so Elsie fundraised and set up her own hospital units staffed by women. She ended up running 14 across Europe!
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Hi everyone! I'm
@LouBell
, one of the Women's History tour guides at GWL. Sadly, we can't take you on any walks at the moment, so i've created this virtual version of our Merchant City tour.
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We are so thrilled to top the
#ListHot100
today! To be included alongside so many incredible women really is very special. Together, we can do anything. [GIF:
@libvanderploeg
]
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Today we mark
#Vote100
, the centenary of the Act that first gave the vote to some women. We work year-round to champion women’s histories & this year we’ll be honouring the women who fought for this right.
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#NewProfilePic
We've changed our profile picture in support of our sisters, and allies, around the world who are fighting for control over their own bodies.
Read more and download your own badge image on our website:
Badge 2013.19.2.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Libraries, oh libraries,
We couldn’t live without you 📚💛
#LoveYourLibrary
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We're very close to 17K followers... which means we're also very close to 20K followers, right!? There must be 3,000 people who like tweets about women's history, feminism, books and occasionally photos of cakes you can look at but can't eat?
#FindThe3000
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To everyone flying the flag for us on social media (and those of you sending us wonderful, supportive messages): thank you, thank you, thank you. You’ve truly shown that a museum dedicated to women’s history is a resource for all. 💛
#MuseumOfTheYear
#MyMuseum
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We want to wrap up our
#IWD2019
Tweeting with a special message of love for all the organisations and individuals who work tirelessly each and every day to support women and fight for a more inclusive, equal society. You are all so, so awesome. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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We���re on our way to London for the
@artfund
#MuseumOfTheYear
2018 ceremony and our flag has also made its way down to England. Thank you
@BronteParsonage
for letting us fly the flag outside such a historic residence (& on the sunny Moors!) ☀️
#MyMuseum
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We absolutley adore
@valmcdermid
but why is she only 1 of 2 women mentioned in the
@TheScotsman
's Ten Best Scottish Authors? Scotland has a rich heritage of excellent women writers!
Let's start a thread of our faourite women writers. Ready, set, go!⬇️
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We're delighted to announce that we're the first pop-up venue for Artemisia Gentileschi's Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria as it makes its way on a 'grand tour' from
@NationalGallery
next year.
Read more on our website:
#NGArtemisia
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Yesterday we all talked a lot about women, equality, intersectional feminism and how there’s still so much more to do. Let’s keep doing this today, tomorrow, the day after that and the day after that... 💪
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